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Topic: Sim can't use cellphone. (Read 225 times)

I have a teen Sim who, whenever they use their cellphone, an error pops up.

They can make a booty call with the Sim Blender and use their cellphone okay that way, but not to call friends/sims.

Error log attached.

ETA: As soon as the sim made a booty call and he came over, she is able to call friends again on her cellphone. Weird... but if you want to take a look at the error log BO, I'd appreciate it. Just in case theere's something strange going on and it happens again.

I see an "Invalid Constant" error show up where it should not be, but it is hard to say how or why that happened there. There is not enough context for me to work with at this moment. What the error notification on the screen said, might have helped. But it's not a big loss yet.

Just keep an eye out for when something similar happens again, and then attach that object-error as well. But then also tell us what the notification said. Maybe with one or two more, we get a better grip on why it happens and if it can be fixed.

And another question: if it is only certain teens that throw this error, do these teens already have a 'One' according to ACR? Or do they even have a gender preference set at all? Because it might be that they're at the point where they might like to make that call, but the system cannot find anyone for them to call. When that happens, the system *does* throw odd curve balls such as hard-to-pin-down errors.

I've had a phone mod by Pescado in the game for years with no problems, so I don't think that's the problem but I must admit, since playing sims on Windows 10 instead of XP, there's been some strange glitches in my game, so that could be an issue also.

I took their cellphones away and it still threw an error using the landlines, so there's a definite issue with phone usage no matter which type.

BO, no, these teens don't have a 'one' yet, nor a gender preference so maybe that could be an issue.

ZZ, the adjuster is on the lot, so no problem there.

The other day when I asked for BO's help with lots, perhaps a mod snuck in somewhere while I wasn't looking, so I'll run the HCDU one more time and take another close look.

I've had odd issues where ACR decided it was time for certain teens to make a booty call where nobody was available, simply because they had not interacted in a romantic fashion with anyone yet; their gender preference was not yet defined, and there was nobody they even had any bolts for. ACR --and the system in general-- don't quite know how to deal with that situation. In most of the cases, the sim would either throw an odd error, or call someone inappropriate for the event.Often, the only way to fix that was to make sure that the sim had a gender preference before this issue came up. Either by using the mechanisms provided on the ACR adjuster, or by having the sim flirt or be flirted with, successfully or otherwise.In a few isolated cases, though, the issue never comes up. If a sim has sufficient opportunities to pursue their hobbies, for example, the system will not need to grasp at straws to keep them busy.

It's also certain that W10 and Origin are currently seriously hindering factors. Lots of people see their game act up since the v1709 windows update. But those people usually don't even get a chance to play anymore, because the game CTDs long before that point in the load sequence is reached. So that is not what's going on here, at least...

But making sure that there are no relevant mod conflicts, is always a good way to start.

In my current game I have totally banned teen woohoo, they need all their time for teen jobs and skilling so they can afford college. YAs are normally not allowed to get involved until the third year, and no living together until they graduate and return to the neighbourhood! Only problem I've found is I've not kept count of numbers, and had a real shortage of male teens/YAs! (I do have a few romance sims who got the *go steady* want....and as adults, still *going steady*, have the fear of breaking up coupled with the want to woohoo with other sims than their partner...)

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"All the world's a Neighbourhood, and all the men and women merely Sims." ZephyrZodiac with apologies to Willie Waggledagger.

I always install custom lots to their own folder outside the game and check carefully for all mods and remove them, then check the rest of the cc to be sure I don't already have it in my game. I then install the lot *sans everything* and put the needed cc in its own folder in Downloads. Then, if I don't like a piece of cc, it's easy to find and remove.

But I'm glad you finally found the culprit. There are some very naughty lot builders out there - lots should really be checked in a vanilla hood with just the necessary cc added, and ALL mods removed before the lot is uploaded. I particularly hate those lots that have loads of hexadecimal cc in them! And the Clean Installer has been around for such a long time.....

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"All the world's a Neighbourhood, and all the men and women merely Sims." ZephyrZodiac with apologies to Willie Waggledagger.